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Definition of Silene caroliniana
1. Noun. Perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters.
Group relationships: Genus Silene
Generic synonyms: Campion, Catchfly, Silene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silene Caroliniana
Literary usage of Silene caroliniana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Prairies, Ohio to eastern Tennessee, Alabama, west to Missouri. July. 9.
silene caroliniana Walt. Wild Pink. Fig. 1809. silene caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"silene caroliniana Walt. ssp. pensylvanica (Michx.) Clausen Sticky catchfly; Wild
pink Herbaceous perennial Dry open woods, rocky slopes, roadside banks and ..."
3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"S. nirea Otth. silene caroliniana Walt. 5. Pennsylvania Michx. Greenbrier Co., on
Kate's Mountain, alt. 3300 ft. (Small &• Vail). ..."
4. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"silene caroliniana Walt. Wild Pink. M. p. 390. Dry sandy or rocky soil. Spring.
6. SILENE ANTIRRHINA L. Sleepy Catchfly. M. p. 390. Waste places and woods. ..."
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